It’s life, but not as we know it
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
This month marks 6 months since lockdown began. I can barely remember a time when I could hug a friend, pop to the shops without thinking about it or hang around at the school gates chatting to the other parents. Whilst we seem to be hurtling into a worrying new phase of this pandemic, I wanted to take a moment to pause and reflect – sharing some of the huge and scary challenges we’ve faced as a small business. But more importantly to share how we’ve been able to quickly adapt and help with the wider response to COVID-19 in the areas where we live; and how we’ve refocussed our vision and ..read more
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Running forward from Lockdown
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by nellhb
1y ago
  “Lockdown”  – a word not even in our vernacular a few months ago, and yet after half a year of living with a global pandemic, one that one that will likely be burned on our collective consciousness forever more, much as we will try to forget it. It has been a time of extremes.  And its impact on our physical and mental health perhaps one of it’s most extreme legacies.  At the beginning of lockdown, social media painted a picture of a fitness frenzy. Facebook was awash with people posting pictures from their once-a-day 30-minute exercise allowance. Meanwhile, a 10-minute ..read more
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Family friendly working – what it means to me
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
Hi, I’m Nicola the Customer Happiness Champion at This Mum Runs. I live in Bristol with my husband and our son who is 9 which is way too grown up for my liking but at the same time just the best age (but don’t we say that about every age??). When we have spare time between school, work, chores and ferrying our son from one sporting activity to the next we make sure we try to burn off as much 9 year old energy as possible whether it be a trip to the local park or getting out and about on our bikes. Before I worked for This Mum Runs I worked for Yeo Valley who have, hands down, the best s ..read more
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September brings change – juggling study, work and school runs.
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
I’m Bethan, 39 and an accounts manager within my husband’s business. I left my full time job in March 2018 to enable me to help my husband grow his business and of course it means I now have the flexibility to do school runs and after school activities with Dexter my 10 year old son. I discovered TMR at the point where I wasn’t going to do any more long races as I was fed up of training alone. I saw pictures on FB of the TMR launch in Cardiff on Cardiff Mummy Says page. I was disappointed to have missed it and joined the group. It was 17 March (an early Sunday morning) when I plucked up the c ..read more
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Making time for yourself.
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
Run Angel Amy contacted us at the beginning of the year to enquire about setting up a social run in Nailsea. We were thrilled to have her on board, but what we didn’t realise at the time was how bit the appetite for headspace in the area would be. Flash forward to June, and 45 women showed up to her first run. Here’s Amy’s story of carving time out for herself, and helping other women to do the same: “I’m Amy, married to Alex and we have two children: Tom aged 4 and Maggie aged 2. We moved from South Bristol to Nailsea in March 2018 which has been a big adjustment but a great decision for us a ..read more
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Taking on the Bristol Half Marathon
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
It’s race time for a lot of mamas in the TMR community and for many of us it will be our first race or first race at a particular distance. Eeeeeeeeek! Nerves, excitement and feelings of ‘can I do it?’ are all pretty familiar to anyone racing for the first time. Our lovely community member Cat is prepping for the Bristol half marathon on September the 15th. She will be surrounded by a sea of TMR love; Bristol HM is a popular event in our community and sight of TMR tops flying along the portway is such a motivator! We hope Cat’s story will help many of us get over our ‘first race nerves’ so tha ..read more
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September brings change…
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
Where have the summer holidays gone? For many of us the start of September brings massive change and for some of us that’s about our children starting school, a house move or a new job. For Elise, one of our amazing Military Mums Run Angels, this year has seen all three of those happen! Elise offers some sound advice for this time of year… My name is Elise Jones I’m 35 years old. I found TMR through face book and joined the TMR Military Mums group when it launched in Tidworth earlier this year. I’m also a run angel! I’m mum to two boys aged 1 and 4 and I live with my husband in Wiltshire. Summ ..read more
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Free Those Arms
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
As most of you will be aware, we are running a month long campaign encouraging women to free their arms and legs from long sleeves and leggings, shake off the fear of being judged and enjoy their bodies. You can check out the stories that are being shared across the This Mum Runs social channels using the tags #FreeYourArms #FreeYourLegs As part of the campaign we asked Body Image Guru, and Global Body Image Movement Ambassador, Lisa Beasley to tell us what she thinks holds women back when it comes to body confidence. Here’s what she said. If there’s one thing I know about, it’s the feeling o ..read more
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Running, Mental Health & Me: Vicki’s Story
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by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
As part of our series on Maternal Mental Health Awareness, we’re sharing five incredible stories from Mums in our community, who have battled with perinatal mental health issues. Each of these amazing ladies has bravely agreed to make their story known, in the hope that it might encourage someone suffering the same symptoms to speak up, seek help, or even just get the headspace that they need to process how they feel and what’s going on. Vicki Merrin has run with our Pill mums since 2017. She opens up about the effect that an unplanned third pregnancy, emergency c-section and making the transi ..read more
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Running, Mental Health & Me: Sarah’s Story
This Mum Runs | Bristol Mum Running Blog
by thismumrunsuk
1y ago
As part of our series on Maternal Mental Health Awareness, we’re sharing five incredible stories from Mums in our community, who have battled with perinatal mental health issues. Each of these amazing ladies has bravely agreed to make their story known, in the hope that it might encourage someone suffering the same symptoms to speak up, seek help, or even just get the headspace that they need to process how they feel and what’s going on. Sarah is relatively new to TMR, and runs with the Thornbury group. She shares her story of depression that began in pregnancy and has persisted long after. My ..read more
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